3151: There is a concern over the increase in harmful algal blooms in the seawaters of India. What could be the causative factors for this phenomenon?
1. Discharge of nutrients from the estuaries.
2. Run-off from the land during the monsoon.
3. Upwelling in the seas.
Select the Correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
3152: Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of contribution of different sectors to the Gross Domestic Product of India.?
(a) Industry-Agriculture-Services
(b) Service-Agriculture-Industry
(c) Industry- Services-Agriculture
(d) Service- Industry- Agriculture
3153: Assertion (A):
Emperor Akbar marched towards Afghanistan in 1581 with a huge army.
Reason (R):
He was on his way to reclaim his ancestral country of Ferghana in Central Asia.
(a) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
3154: Read the following passage and answer the question that follow passage. Your answers to the question should be based on the passage only.
Passage:
In a typical Western liberal, context, deepening of democracy invariably leads to consolidation of 'liberal values'. In the Indian context, democratization is translated into greater involvement of people not as 'individuals' which is a staple to liberal discourse, but as communities or groups. Individuals are getting involved in the public sphere not as 'atomized' individuals but as members of primordial communities drawn on religious or caste identity. Community-identity seems to be the governing force. It is not therefore surprising that the so-called peripheral groups continue to maintain their identities with reference to the social groups (caste, religion or sect) to which they belong while getting involved in the political processes despite the fact that their political goals remain more or less identical. By helping to articulate the political voice of the marginalized, democracy in India has led to 'a loosening of social strictures' and empowered the peripherals to be confident of their ability to improve the socio-economic conditions in which they are placed. This is a significant political process that had led to a silent revolution through a meaningful transfer of power from the upper caste elites to various subaltern groups within the democratic framework of public governance.
Q. What is the "silent revolution" that has occurred in the Indian democratic process?
(a) Irrelevance of caste and class hierarchies in political processes.
(b) Loosening of social strictures in voting behaviour and patterns,
(c) Social change through transfer of power from upper caste elites to subaltern groups.
(d) All the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above are correct in this context.
3155: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
List I List II
(Institute)-------------------------------------------------(Location)
I. Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies----------------(A) Hyderabad
II. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research----------(B) Mumbai
III. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-sciences---(C) Bangalore
IV. Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages--------(D) Dharamshala
-----------------------------------------------------------(E) Varanasi
Codes:
(a) I-E, II-C, III-D, IV-A
(b) I-E, II-B, III-C, IV-A
(c) I-C, II-B, III-D, IV-E
(d) I-D, II-E, III-A, IV-B